The Government insists the Taoiseach is there to promote Ireland during the two-day visit.

19/01/2016 Right2Water supporter Richard Boyd Barrett TD during a photocall at the Gates of Leinster House, Dublin to promote the next national day of demonstrations against water charges which takes place saturday 26th of January. , Dublin Photo: gareth chaney Collins (Image: Collins Photo Agency)

But People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett said: “Enda Kenny thinks economic recovery is when the billionaires slap him on the backa nd tell him he is doing a great job.

“In fact, a recovery for ordinary people is when they have a secure and affordable roof over their head, don’t have to fear going to hospital and have properly funded public services.

“It really says everything about the misguided priorities of the Irish government that our Taoiseach will spend today sucking up to billionaire bosses.

“The Davos forum is not a meeting of any official body – rather it is the gathering point of the world’s self-appointed elite, whose obscene wealth seals the grim fate of the poor and the struggling in this country and globally.”

Speaking on his way into the forum, Enda Kenny said that a long-term economic plan to insulate Ireland and protect ongoing economic recovery is in place.

He added: “I’m going to tell them Ireland’s story, where the journey that our people have brought our country on over the past five years, from a position of hopelessness just five years ago to a situation where you are seen to be the fastest growing in Europe over the past two years.”